Lions Crown Four, Secure Runner-Up at AMCC Wrestling Championships

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend wrestling team placed runner up at the 2026 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships held at Pennsylvania College of Technology on Saturday.

Team Results: Penn Tech. (152), Penn State Behrend (150), Alfred State (129), Pitt-Bradford (62), Penn State Altoona (11)

Key Moments:

* The Lions claim their second straight runner up finish at the championships, falling by 1.5 points to the reigning champions Penn Tech.
* Behrend had four individual champions, three second-place finishers, one third-place honoree and one in fourth
* The Lions placed in all but one weight class and had seven wrestlers in the finals
* Evan Whiteside (125), Amarfio Reynolds Jr. (133), Rudy Brown (149) and Steffan Lynch (157) were crowned AMCC Champions
* After receiving a bye to start, Whiteside pinned Jordan Bubsy in 2:02 in the semifinals before convincingly defeating Mason Drew of Alfred State 17-1 for his first AMCC title
* Reynolds followed the same path as Whiteside, beginning with a bye
* Reynolds advanced on a 7-0 win and then never trailed in the finals, winning 5-1 over Blake Dergham of Penn Tech.
* R. Brown is a repeat champion for Behrend, but at a different weight class
* Brown, the 2025 AMCC Newcomer of the Year, posted a technical fall in the semifinals (18-3) before winning the title with a 9-7 decision over TJ Martin of Penn Tech.
* The final title went to Lynch at 157
* Lynch went 3-0 on the day, starting with an 18-0 technical fall and then advancing with a 10-6 decision
* In the finals, Lynch managed a 30-18 major decision against Brett Patton of Penn Tech.
* At 165, Mason Savitz had a pair of tech. falls, but had to medical forfeit the finals for second place
* Louie DeJulia (184) also went 2-1 on the day for second place and Abe Keep (197) registered a 7-0 win to advance to the finals before falling to Nicholas Woodruff for second
* Zach Dellinger earned third place at 125, while Matt Caldwell pinned Colton Hal for third place at 285
* Cole Neil rounded out the place winners for the Lions, taking fourth with a 1-2 record

Next Up:

* The Lions will compete at the NCAA Regionals on Friday and Saturday, February 27-28.